
LESSONS FROM THE ACTS.
6.
How long was Jesus with his disciples after
his resurrection? Acts :3.
7.
What did he do in this time?—Ib.
8.
While they were together, what command
did he give them? Verse 4.
9.
To what promise did he refer? Verse 5.
to. What record have we of their having had
this promise? John 14: 16, 26; 15:26.
t. At the close of the forty days, when the dis
ciples met with Jesus, what did they ask him? Acts
t
:6.
12. To what was this question equivalent?
NoTE.—In the beginning God created man to have
"dominion over the fish 'of the sea, and over the fowl of
the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and
over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."
Gen. 1:26-28; Ps. 8:6-8. The whole earth, therefore,
was his kingdom, but when man fell he lost his dominion,
so that, as the apostle says, " Now we see not yet all
things put under him." Heb. 2:8. This inheritance
was promised to Abraham and his seed (Rom. 4:13), and
also to David, whose throne.
God said should endure for-
ever. The one through whom David's throne is to be
perpetuated is Christ (see Luke 1:31-33; Acts 2: 29, 3o),
whose possession is to be the " uttermost parts of the
earth." Ps. 2: 7,8. Because of the wickedness of David's
successors, the kingdom (that is, the whole earth) was
given to Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. 27: 2-7), and after him to
other people, no more to be controlled by David's line
until the coming of Christ, to whom it rightly belongs.
See Eze.
21: 25-27.
The control of the earth by heathen
kings, and the taking of it by the Lord Jesus Christ, are
described in Dan. 2:37-44. This kingdom is received
from the Father by Christ while in heaven, for he likened